Camp Walt Whitman Explained

Camp Walt Whitman
Established:1948

Camp Walt Whitman (abbreviated CWW) is a traditional, overnight, and co-educational summer camp located in Piermont, New Hampshire along the shore of Lake Armington.[1] It was founded in 1948 by Arnie and Chick Soloway and has remained in the family; it is today run by Carolyn and Jed Dorfman.[2] It is named after poet Walt Whitman.

The camp's activities include tennis, golf, archery, gymnastics, pottery, hiking, sailing, and others., the cost of the camp's full seven-week session is .[3] The majority of campers are Jewish children from the New York metropolitan area, but the camp has no official religious or geographic affiliation. The camp has a return rate between 85% and 90%.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Domius . Susan . A Place and an Era in Which Time Could Stand Still . 20 November 2018 . The New York Times . August 14, 2008.
  2. Web site: Camp Walt Whitman . https://web.archive.org/web/20170428171743/http://www.campwalt.com/our-philosophy-history.html . 2017-04-28 . July 1, 2016.
  3. Web site: Sessions & Enrollment . Camp Walt Whitman . 20 November 2018.
  4. News: Germanok . Stephen . Five Great Overnight Camps . 20 November 2018 . The Boston Globe . February 10, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130605074416/https://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/articles/2008/02/10/five_great_overnight_camps . June 5, 2013.